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Chinese Boys Flying Kites, No. 5 from the series The Children Say "This Is Japan!" and Play the Games That They See in the Picturebooks (Yôdô iu koitsu wa Nippon, ezôshi o mite yori sono gai o asobu)


「幼童云此奴和日本 五」 凧揚げ
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1791 (Kansei 3)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 22.2 x 19.2 cm (8 3/4 x 7 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Anonymous gift
Accession NumberRES.49.18
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #199-5 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #253.5; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #926, pl. XLV
Signed Kiyonaga ga
清長画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Provenance1949, anonymous gift to the MFA. (Accession date: February 10, 1949)